COLO. LAWMAKERS SCALE BACK ON DRUG WAR

It wasn't an admission that the war on drugs is a failure, but it was
still significant. On Tuesday, March 23, the House Judiciary
Committee voted in favor of House Bill 1352, which would reduce
sentences for drug use, possession and marijuanarelated crimes. The
bill is designed to save the state about $50 billion on incarceration
costs and to shift the emphasis from imprisonment to drugtreatment
programs, which have proven to be more effective at helping people
with drug addiction than a stint in prison.

Hey, it's about bloody time. If we want to help drug addicts rather
than simply punish them, prison isn't the answer.

Treatment is.